[Xerte-dev] Re: Possible icons in Workspace
Inge Donkervoort 12Change
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Tue Oct 29 17:54:00 GMT 2013
Hi,
Katrien from Belgium has the suggestion that there could be also a
symbol for share LO's?
She also likes the symbols on eacht row and not only on the selected item.
Bye,
Inge
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Op 29-10-2013 14:51, Pat @ Pgogy schreef:
> I agree, I felt like it was heading into user settings territory....
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 1:16 PM, Ron Mitchell
> <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk <mailto:ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk>> wrote:
>
> and toggle off by default... ;-)
>
> Seriously though - I really like the functionality John and would
> find it very useful personally - especially if the icons can
> actually link to those sections of properties at some point. I
> don't think the icons themselves can just be a toggle e.g.
> public/private because there are obviously more options to set
> than just on/off. But in a way that's the point - if all they do
> is give a basic idea of the properties for a given LO without
> providing more value than that then you still have to select the
> LO then select properties and I know lots of users including those
> responsible for supporting staff and students in their
> organisations that would say it's unecessary clutter. That's
> certainly not a criticism of what you've added John but a bit like
> moodle you only see all the edit icons when you turn editing on so
> the toggle would be the equivalent. The alternative but a much
> longer term discussion/wishlist might be default and user profile
> settings. Perhaps that's 3.2! ;-)
>
> HTH
>
> Ron
>
> *From:*xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
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> <mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>] *On Behalf Of
> *Smith, John
> *Sent:* 29 October 2013 12:10
>
>
> *To:* For Xerte technical developers
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: Possible icons in Workspace
>
> OK, smaller icons and toggle...
>
> Regards,
>
> John Smith
>
> Learning Technologist
>
> School of Health & Life Sciences
>
> Glasgow Caledonian University
>
> *From:*xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> <mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
> [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of
> *Tom Reijnders
> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 29, 2013 11:54 AM
> *To:* For Xerte technical developers
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: Possible icons in Workspace
>
> No, in my opinion you should just show them.
>
> Really, people are used to icons.
>
> If we need to accommodate people who would hate those icons, then
> Ron's proposal is best: provide a global toggle
>
> Tom
>
> "Smith, John" <J.J.Smith at gcu.ac.uk <mailto:J.J.Smith at gcu.ac.uk>>
> schreef:
>
> I was thinking of toggle buttons and of Ron's question about
> really long LO names and thought of having the selected LO expand
> to 2 rows and having the icons underneath and toggleable...
>
> It almost makes the initial driver pointless though since you need
> to select each LO to see the icons... perhaps a tick box or a show
> button that toggles or shows icons that then fade out again...
>
> Regards,
>
> John Smith
>
> Learning Technologist
>
> School of Health & Life Sciences
>
> Glasgow Caledonian University
>
> *From:*xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> <mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
> [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of
> *Pat @ Pgogy
> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 29, 2013 10:42 AM
> *To:* For Xerte technical developers
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: Possible icons in Workspace
>
> The moodle off grey icons might make sense as they'll blend better
> with any theme?
>
> I think the icons make sense, but should they be toggle buttons?
>
> I could see a case that the interface could be tweaked a little -
> the properties panel isn't really properties anymore (it's more
> properties and do lots of important stuff).
>
> 2.2 makes sense, but I think the icons make the interface easier
> to use - would they confuse a new user - probably, but they might
> also demonstrate some of the features the system has which people
> have missed (or is that atypical techie talk)
>
> On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 9:43 AM, Julian Tenney
> <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
> <mailto:Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote:
>
> As well as 'is shared, be good to see 'is a share' (i.e. I'm
> sharing someone else's project).
>
> Can we leave this until 2.2?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Smith, John
> Sent: 28 October 2013 22:19
> To: xerte-dev at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> <mailto:xerte-dev at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Possible icons in Workspace
>
> Hi all,
>
> So from my conversation with Pat, I have taken a look at the
> feasibility of adding icons to Workspace to show-at-a-glance
> certain statuses:
>
> Private/Public
> Flash vs Javascript
> RSS syndicated
> Shared with a collaborator
> (there may be others we can do that i'm not aware of)
>
> I have rewritten the SQL query for Workspace to gather the
> required data and implemented the icons but as you can imagine
> Workspace soon gets cluttered (see image XOT_Icons_All). I have
> also been playing with the idea of only showing the images for the
> row that is selected (XOT_Icons_Selected) - but then I know you
> can select more than 1 row so not sure how to handle that...
>
> What do you think? I'm looking for ideas...
>
> Regards,
>
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